Leeds author and therapist Grace Olson’s animal friends at winter

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We reconvene with Leeds author and therapist Grace Olson who has launched a new children’s book about her sheep Galahad following the success of her tale about her magic sheep, Merlin.

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00:00I'm Grace Olsen and I do therapy work with people who are very ill and I have

00:07my helpers, my sheep and some horses and it's been an amazing year because I've

00:11also published a few books. Winter on a farm is really hard work, there are so

00:17many things that you have to think about so for example when there's loads of

00:21rain it can get completely soggy. We then have to think about extra feed so like

00:27today I've put some hay out for them because at this time of the year there

00:31isn't much nutrition in the grass. I really care about my animals being

00:35happy because they have therapy work to do so I feel that as a reward they

00:40should be happy. We do all sorts of agility things, I've got loads of things

00:45loads of sort of like games for them really to get their minds working. I

00:49released a book called The Farm which is all about my horsey life and my own

00:55personal journey and it's for a book for grown-ups and I also released a

00:59little children's fable type book called Merlin Finds His Magic. Because I had

01:04such a good reaction I decided well I'll write another children's book and it's

01:09called Galahad Finds His Voice and that's for people who feel a bit

01:14different. There are some people who are unusual and unique and they've got a

01:19different way about them so it's to help people especially children at school to

01:24realise actually you don't have to be the same as everybody else you're

01:27amazing as you are because Galahad my sheep he's not like any other sheep he's

01:33completely the most bizarre sheep he loves cuddles he loves he loves it when

01:37I sing to him. I've recently acquired a new lamb called Rubab who is a little

01:43monkey but he's so funny he's just so full of character so it's brought quite

01:48a lovely newness to the end of the year. Thank you for coming to my lovely farm

01:54again and I wish you and your flock a very Merry Christmas.

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